The poll to end all polls.

[Ragebrain The Enraged]

Let's put it to rest. Was FFXIII a good game or not? I vote yes.

[Skyblade]

Unfortunately, that's not the final question, and certainly not the most important one. There are plenty of others. It may be a good game, but does it qualify as a great game? Were the graphics worth the loss of everything that was left out for them? Was the game an improvement on the rest of the series, or another disappointment?


Yes, I think it's probably a good game. That's about it. It wasn't a great game, and it certainly didn't live up to its potential. But it's playable. At least, after the first three hours.

[seiferalmasy2]

Good game, I don't think so, but since we are comparing it to others in series and expecting it to be "great" not just "good" this question is loaded. A better one is:

Is XIII significantly worse than VII,VIII, IX and X. That might be more interesting.

[Del Murder]

Jeez people, just answer the damn question. If you were entertained by this game it was good. If it was worth your time to play it was good.

I thought it was a good game.

*proceeds to then list several other more detailed questions that he thinks is the final ultimate most important one*

[Mo-Nercy]

Yeah, good game. If you compared it to the some other games in the series, it wouldn't stand out for me, but judged on it's own merits (which it should be), good game.

[seiferalmasy2]

Yeah, good game. If you compared it to the some other games in the series, it wouldn't stand out for me, but judged on it's own merits (which it should be), good game.

Why shouldn't it be compared to the others in the series when it carries the series name and brand and people buy it specifically because they think it will have that quality, and pay a lot for that?

[VeloZer0]

I would say it was slightly above average, not good or bad. When judged as a Final Fantasy game it is a major disappointment. So I can't really answer your question.

[Flying Arrow]

I'd say it isn't a good game. Mechanics-wise, it's fine, and whether or not you find it entertaining is subjective. The problem, I believe, is the pacing and level-design. In the end, you have a marginally interesting combat system... and nothing else, really. The game barely lets you screw around with the sparse mechanics until half-way in, and even then the thing barely evolves. Given the ludicrous amount of time FFXIII expects the player to spend with it, the skeletal gameplay just can't hold up.

Plot-wise, XIII is a disaster, and since cutscenes are half the experience, the storytelling really needed to be a home run. I MAY be willing to overlook a little bit of gameplay bull if the story is engaging (Dragon Age) but XIII just doesn't get there. The story is arguably the biggest downfall of XIII, I'd say. The gameplay is adequate at best, but the slow realization that the story is a cliche-ridden, poorly-written mess just highlights that it isn't worth the player's time. There are far, far better game stories out there, and ones which even inhabit more solid gaming experiences.

Although I think FFXIII is a bad game, it's not bad in the way that, say, Superman for the N64 is - far from it, actually. FFXIII is exactly what the developers wanted it to be, so it really can't be criticized for being a failure. The developers should be commended for fleshing out their vision so well - it's just unfortunate that their vision ends up being so profoundly uninteresting.

[Beowulf]

It's the best recent one, in my opinion. I don't count eleven, since it was online, and twelve...welll....not so much...I couldn't get too into that one...the battle system ruined it. While XIII was linear, they fixed the battle system up quite nicely, and the story was driven along quite well. Some nice plot twists here and there, really. All in all, I liked it. Although post game...ehhh....

[VeloZer0]

Although I think FFXIII is a bad game, it's not bad in the way that, say, Superman for the N64 is - far from it, actually. FFXIII is exactly what the developers wanted it to be, so it really can't be criticized for being a failure. The developers should be commended for fleshing out their vision so well - it's just unfortunate that their vision ends up being so profoundly uninteresting.

I don't have anything to add, but I liked this passage so much I had to give you props.

[Rodney]

Yeah, good game. If you compared it to the some other games in the series, it wouldn't stand out for me, but judged on it's own merits (which it should be), good game.

Exactly. I'm not even done yet, but I'm still gonna say it was a good game.

Except for those two magic-dependent monsters on this one Mission I'm stuck on.

[Loony BoB]

I enjoyed it, therefore it was good.

[*Devore*]

I wouldn't call it a bad game, more like a disappointing game. So out of the two choices, i'd have to say its good.

[Future Esthar]

I wouldn't call it a bad game, more like a disappointing game. So out of the two choices, i'd have to say its good.

This.

I really hope this end all polls because this hate/love threads are becoming boring.

[Rostum]

I really hope this end all polls because this hate/love threads are becoming boring.

Guys, even the crazy theorist dude of the forums is thinking this.